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crin·kle (kr

v. crin·kled, crin·kling, crin·kles

v.intr.

1. To form wrinkles or ripples.

2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle.

v.tr.

To cause to crinkle.

A wrinkle, ripple, or fold.

[From Middle English crinkled, full of turnings.]

crinkly adj.

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Adj.

crinkled - uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy

uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

Translations

crinkled

adj leaf, paper, clothes → zerknittert, zerknautscht; face → faltig, runzelig; the paper was all crinkled → das Papier war ganz zerknittert

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